Ep. 6 - EV - Nèg Maron
Yé Moun La! This is episode 6 with the film “Nèg Maron” (2005). It’s a film from Guadeloupe and directed by Jean-Claude Barny.
0:00 - 0:30: greetings + opening credits
0:30 - 2:30: why I didn’t give a proper ending to Season 1 until February 2021.
2:30 - 4:15: the reasons why I changed the format and I removed the Caribbean Soundtrack segment
4:16 - 6:00: the rise of Kréyol hip-hop in the late 90’s - early 2000’s and how singers Admiral T and D. Daly turned actors with this film
Yé Krik Yé Krak
6:01 - : presentation of “Nèg Maron”
6:59 -7:30 : the problematic IMDB summary
7:31 - 8:30: why the IMDB summary is problematic + Vanity Fair’s summary
8:30 - 9:30: my own summary
9:30 - 10:23: the question for the Caribbean Connections: how do we, Guadeloupean people, perceive ourselves? What does it mean to be a young Black man in Guadeloupe in the early 2000’s?
10:24-11:03: thank you’s + ending credits
0:00 - 0:30: greetings + opening credits
0:30 - 1:28: Yé Krik Yé Krak, the plot
1:29 : why I never felt connected to “Nèg Maron” and why I never felt represented
Caribbean Connection 1: Guadeloupe isn’t a paradise on Earth
2:15 - 4:00: this film shows the life of struggle and hustle that I never experienced
4:00 - 5:50 : the racial dimension of the dynamics between Josua/Silex (two young Black men) and Marcus (White Creole)
5:50 - 7:15 : how Jean-Claude Barny gives another interpretation to clichés + that one time Jean-Claude Barny commented on the episode
7:16 - 9:10 : how young Black men get to express their rage toward the system
9:11 - 9:55 : how the traumatic experience of two young Black men is acknowledged as such
9:55 - 10:41: thank you’s + ending credits
0:00 - 0:30: greetings + opening credits
0:30 - 1:28: Yé Krik Yé Krak, the plot
1:29 - 2:00: how does this film represent women and other social dynamics in Guadeloupe?
Caribbean Connection 2: women are one-dimensional vs. nuanced representation of men
2:00 - : 3:05: Josua’s family as the representation of an ordinary Guadeloupean family
3:05 - 5:24 : the mom as the fanm potomitan from a man’s perspective. She’s just the angry bitter Black woman
5:25 - 5:55: the toxic behavior of Caribbean fathers
5:56 - 7:32 : Josua’s twin sisters who are irrelevant to the plot + Louise, Josua’s 15-year-old sister, who is the cliché of the future baby mama
7:33- 11:10: the unecessary sexualization of the female body with Gladys, Pedro’s lover
11:11 - 12:05: the nuanced visual representation of young Black men
12:05 - 13:03 : the stigmatization of the young diaspora
13:04 - 14:14: the lack of background story for Josua and Silex
14:15 - 15:15: the miscommunication between teenage boys and men in their 40’s
15:16 - 17:42: the representation of a healthy friendship and brotherhood between young Black men
17:42 - 19:25: my favorite scene of the film in which Josua and Silex express their deep friendship
19:25 - 21:00: the climax of the film that ignited a debate about the use of Kreyol vs. the use of French to express our feelings
21:01 - 22:30: my overall feelings about this film as a time capsule of Guadeloupe and why I consider it to be a classic
22:31 - 24:05: thank you’s + introduction to Season 2 + ending credits